Film receptacle



Get, 10, 1933. I c. BOR NN IANN j 1,930,335 I FI-Lu RECEPTAGLE Filed Jan. 4, 1932 INVENTOR. 631m. BORN/LIMA \ATTO NEY Patented Oct. 10, 1 933 E UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FILM RECEPTACLE Carl Bornmann, Binghamton, N. Y., assignor to Agfa Ansco Corporation, Binghamton, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application January 4, 1932. Serial No. 584,731 3 Claims. (01. 242.41)

My invention relates to film receptacles and or strips the film is adapted to be pulled. These particularly to that type of receptacle used as 2. strips of soft material are of such character that cartridge in a camera and from which and into they do not scratch the film when the same is which a length of film may bev withdrawn and inpulled between them and also serve to prevent 5 sorted, the film length passing past an exposure the entrance of light through the slot into the on station between the loaded cartridge from which receptacle. it is drawn to the empty cartridge into which it End members are provided for closing the is inserted. v open ends ofthe receptacle and these end mem- I'he primary object of my invention lies in the bers are provided with the flanges 11 adapted to- 10 provision of a film receptacle of this character overlie the ends of the sides of the receptacle 5 which is or all metal construction and which is and iit tightly thereover. provided with end members removably secured The end members 10 are formed around the in position in such a manner to exclude light from edges at the points where the flanges 11 are bent reaching the interior of the receptacle. outwardly therefrom with beads 12 to receive the 15 Other objects and advantages will be apparent free edges of the-side members comprising the '30 as the description proceeds, reference now being receptacle, thus providing a tight flt and light had to the figures of theaccompanying drawing lock all around the ends of the receptacle where forming a part of this application and wherein the end members 10 fit thereover. The end like reference numerals indicate like parts. members 10 are also provided with an outwardly go In the drawing: struck indentation or bead 13 at the proper po- 5 Figure l is a perspective view of a film receptasition to receive the free end of the flange 3 at Ole embodying y v o h w ng the parts each end of the receptacle as shown clearly in in assembled position. Figure i. This provides an additional light lock Figure 2 is a detail sectional end view of the to prevent the passage of light into the receptacle receptacle. y around such flange ends. 7 go Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of one of The corner of the end members 10 adjacent the the end members. I slot through which the film is withdrawn and Figure 4 is a detail sectional view taken on the inserted, is notched as at 14: to permit the tree line 4-l of Figure 2. passage of the film through such slot.

The receptacle body is indicatedgenerally at i It will be noted with reference to Figure i that 5 and comprises a metal blank bent to substantially the end members 10 serve not only as closures for rectangular form to provide the four sides of the the ends of the receptacle 1 but as a means for box or receptacle. The front side 2 has its upper retaining the overlying portion 7 of the spring edge terminating slightly below the front edge of guide 5 in position and also for holding and mainthe top side, as shown clearly in Figure 2, and taining the sides of the receptacle in properly 0 bent inwardly to form the flange 3. This leaves aligned position. a slot along the upper front edge of the receptacle At a point substantially centrally of the top through which the film 4 may be inserted and side of the receptacle, the material thereof is prefwithdrawn. erably depressed as at 15, the edge of the portion Positioned within the receptacle 1 is a spring '7 of the spring guide, overlying a portion of such guide member 5 semi-circular in form and prodepression, whereby to provide means for easily vided with an extension 6 projecting outwardly lifting the receptacle out of a camera body by through the slot in the upper front edge of the inserting the finger nail or some suitable tool receptacle and bent rearwardly over the top of underneath such portion 7. 45 the receptacle as at '7, whereby the spring guide is It will thus be seen thatI have provided an all supported within the receptacle. As shown metal film receptacle 'of the general character clearly in Figure 2, the film when inserted described which is of few parts, economical to through the slot into the receptacle coils upon manufacture, easily assembled and which is so itself in the spring guide 5. designed as to prevent the passage of light into 50 The extension 6 of this spring guide isprovided such receptacle, thus protecting the film against I on its under side at thepoint where it passes inadvertent light action.

through the slot, with a strip 8 of velvet or, other Of course, changes may be made in details of soft material, and opposing such strip and fas-' construction and arrangement of parts without tened to the upper edgeof the flange 3, is another departing from the spirit and scope of my inven- 55 layer 9 of such material, between which layers tion. I do not limit myself, therefore, to the .form with one end of said material being spaced from the opposite end and bent inwardly to form a slot, a film guide in said receptacle and extending through said slot, soft anti-friction means closing said slot to light and permitting passage of film therethrough, and closure means for the ends of said receptacle, said closure means comprising end members embracing the ends of said receptacle and having light locking connection therewith.

3. A film receptacle comprising a strip of material bent to substantially rectangular box-like form with one end of said material being spaced from the opposite end and bent inwardly to form a slot, a film guide in said receptacle and extending through said slot, soft anti-friction means closing said slot to light and permitting passage of film therethrough, and closure means for the ends of said receptacle, said closure means comprising end members embracing the ends of said receptacle and having light locking connection therewith including beads cooperating with the ends of said receptacle and with the inwardly turned end of said material.

CARL BORNM'ANN. 

